Post-fight taunts overshadow Michael Bisping’s big UFC 199 win

Class finish, but not so classy in victory.

We have a new UFC champion – he’s British, he’s excited, really really excited, and goes by the nickname “Left Hook Larry”. He is Michael Bisping.

Bisping was crowned middleweight champion at UFC 199 in a one-round TKO finish against the over-confident Luke Rockhold.

The nasties didn’t end in the ring either. The post-match press conference left a sour taste in the mouth as Bisping and Rockhold picked up where they left with some savage trash talk.

Bisping, of course, was gloating about his victory but his taunts show the mark of a seriously flawed champion. His homophobic “f*ggot” jab at Rockhold suddenly turned this below-the-belt exchange into something truly nasty.